. One hundred years of medicine and surgery in Missouri; historical and biographical review of the careers of the physicians and surgeons of the state of Missouri, and sketches of some of its notable medical institutions . n used as the Insane Asylum also. The cholera of 49 was more severe here than in other then so-calledWestern cities. Late in the fall of 48 the first cases were brought to on the steamboats from the South, from New Orleans, I think. Thedisease prevailed throughout the winter, not as an epidemic, but in spo-radic form. It had become distinctly epidemic before the gre
. One hundred years of medicine and surgery in Missouri; historical and biographical review of the careers of the physicians and surgeons of the state of Missouri, and sketches of some of its notable medical institutions . n used as the Insane Asylum also. The cholera of 49 was more severe here than in other then so-calledWestern cities. Late in the fall of 48 the first cases were brought to on the steamboats from the South, from New Orleans, I think. Thedisease prevailed throughout the winter, not as an epidemic, but in spo-radic form. It had become distinctly epidemic before the great fire, whichoccurred. I think, in May, 1849. I said epidemic. It was then prevailingto an alarming extent. The fire seemed to hold the disease in abeyancefor a time, but it soon ravaged the city Avith redoubled intensity. Thecholera receded in the winter, but appeared again in 50 and 51, but itwas not nearly so bad in later years as in the frightful year of 49. Ofcourse there are a great many people who recovered, but it was a commonthing for victims to succumb within 24 hours of the first seizure. Therewere between 10,000 and 15,000 people of the city of St. Louis who had *Reminiseences of Dr. Elisha H. ELISHA H. GREGORY, M. D., ST. LOUIS,Ex-President Missouri State Medical Association, 1883 MEDICINE AND SURGERY. 37 the disease in more or less severe form. There were nearly 7,000 deathsin a population assumed to he 60,000. All conditions favored the adventof the disease. There was really nothing known about prevention. jSTo in-telligent preventive effort was made, except in a domestic way. Therewere bonfires and things lite that that were thought to help, but no in-telligent effort. Xo boiling of the water. That idea never occurred to anyone then. I think that if the water had been boiled everywhere thecholera would not have become epidemic. Certain kinds of food, whichwere at that time assumed to be poisonous, were excluded from the diet. Allgreen vegetables, such
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